Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Producing two kinds of young, as some worms.
  • In zoology, having twins; producing two at a birth; also, laying two eggs, as the pigeon and humming-bird.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having two kinds of young, as certain annelids.
  • adjective Producing only two eggs for a clutch, as certain birds do.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Having two kinds of young.
  • adjective zoology Producing only two eggs in a clutch.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek twice + a bringing forth, offspring.

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  • JM misses carbon paper and its ditokous output.

    September 22, 2010